Birthplaces of the Urban and Rural Population, 1881., TABLE I.—Showing the Number of Persons, Males and Females, of different Nationalities in the Colony of Victoria, in the Cities, Towns, and Boroughs, in the Shires, and in Places outside Local Jurisdiction.
Where Born. The Colony. Cities, Towns, and Boroughs. Shires. Places outside Local Jurisdiction*
Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females. Persons. Males. Females.
TOTAL POPULATION 862,346 452,083 410,263 435,443 214,185 221,258 421,025 233,659 187,366 5,878 4,239 1,639
BRITISH DOMINIONS.
Australasian Colonies—
Victoria 499,199 247,528 251,671 242,320 114,981 127,339 254,677 131,358 123,319 2,202 1,189 1,013
New South Wales 9,826 4,748 5,078 5,497 2,427 3,070 4,186 2,233 1,953 143 88 55
Queensland 1,120 645 475 811 480 331 307 163 144 2 2
South Australia 9,928 4,883 5,045 3,848 1,679 2,169 6,033 3,182 2,851 47 22 25
Western Australia 404 179 225 227 91 136 174 85 89 3 3
Tasmania 11,876 5,544 6,332 7,366 2,998 4,368 4,422 2,490 1,932 88 56 32
New Zealand 2,885 1,418 1,467 2,019 938 1,081 849 464 385 17 16 1
Fiji 95 57 38 67 39 28 27 17 10 1 1
Australia or Australasia (colony not named) 3,727 1,634 2,093 1,986 854 1,132 1,733 775 958 8 5 3
The United Kingdom—
England 142,906 82,658 60,248 85,181 45,886 39,295 56,522 35,775 20,747 1,203 997 206
Wales 4,547 2,768 1,779 2,568 1,445 1,123 1,934 1,288 646 45 35 10
Scotland 48,153 26,224 21,929 23,059 11,719 11,340 24,628 14,107 10,521 466 398 68
Ireland 86,733 41,226 45,507 42,266 17,377 24,889 43,911 23,468 20,443 556 381 175
Other British Possessions—
European—
Heligoland 20 17 3 10 7 3 9 9 1 1
Gibraltar 43 23 20 35 18 17 8 5 3
Malta 73 49 24 46 34 12 26 14 12 1 1
Asiatic—
India 998 616 382 654 365 289 322 230 92 22 21 1
Ceylon 69 35 34 46 19 27 23 16 7
Burmah 12 9 3 10 7 3 2 2
Straits Settlements 31 25 6 14 9 5 17 16 1
Hong Kong 20 19 1 7 7 13 12 1
African—
Cape Colony 380 189 191 247 110 137 121 72 49 12 7 5
Natal 24 13 11 15 8 7 9 5 4
Basutoland 1 1 1 1
Mauritius 169 104 65 119 69 50 50 35 15
St. Helena 56 31 25 32 14 18 24 17 7
Ascension 5 4 1 3 2 1 2 2
Sierra Leone 3 3 2 2 1 1
American—
Dominion of Canada 1,118 768 350 622 383 239 453 342 111 43 41 2
Newfoundland 75 52 23 43 29 14 32 23 9
Bermudas 20 18 2 11 9 2 9 9
West Indies—
Antigua 5 2 3 5 2 3
Barbadoes 11 7 4 4 2 2 7 5 2
Grenada 1 1 1 1
Jamaica 142 98 44 102 67 35 38 29 9 2 2
St. Lucia 2 1 1 2 1 1
St. Vincent 3 3 2 2 1 1
Trinidad 2 2 2 2
Island not named 266 194 72 174 114 60 86 74 12 6 6
British Guiana 7 4 3 7 4 3
Falkland Islands 8 5 3 3 2 1 5 5
British Subjects, born at Sea 1,877 960 917 1,033 483 550 827 464 363 17 13 4
British Subjects, birthplace not stated 4,707 2,807 1,900 2,294 1,199 1,095 2,349 1,558 791 64 50 1